Glove-fastening



(No Model.)

-E. PRINGLE.

' GLOVE FASTENING. No. 360,912. Patented Apr. 12; 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE PRINGLE, OF GLOVERSVILLE, NEYV YORK.

GLOVE-FASTENING.

SPECIPICATION'forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,912, dated April12, 1887.

Application filed April 17, 1886. Serial No. 199,260. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EUGENE PRINGLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Gloversville, in the county of Fulton and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Studs (or Buttonsfor Gloves, Boots, 850.) and their Means of Attachment to Fabrics, ofwhich the following is a Specification.

My invention consists of a stud in which its head is mounted on andsecured to the end of a tube made in continuity with a horizontal base,and an eyelet-holding piece secured to said base cooperates with aneyelet to secure this stud with the fabric, all as hereinafterdescribed,and specifically set forth in the claims.

The objects of my invention are, first, to produce a cheap and strongstud for use with buttons of gloves, boots,-&c., and, second, to providewith the stud asimple and efficient means for its easy and rapidattachment with the fabric. I attain these objects by the meansillustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification,in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved stud.Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, showing its attachment with apiece of leather. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the parts of the stud.Fig. 4is a sectional elevation of the eyelet. Fig. 5 is a sectional viewtaken at line 1 in Fig. 2. Figs. 6, 7, and S are sectional e1e- 'vationsof the stud proper, and illustrate modifications of construction of thesame. Fig. 9 is another modification, with eyelet-holding piece securedin place on the upper side of 'thebaseproper of thestud. Fig. 10 isanother modification, with the eyelet-holding piece secured in place onthe lower side of the base proper of the stud, and illustrating onemanner of applying the attaching eyelet to the same. Fig. 11 is anothermodification of form of construction and arrangement of parts of thestud and its adjuncts for its attachment to the fabric, and Fig. 12 is aview of the same from its lower side.

The same letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the severalviews.

A is the studhead holder, which is 00111- posed of tube a and horizontalbase a, made in continuity from a single piece.

B is the head of the stud, which head is made, preferably, solid, and ismounted on the upper end of tube a and secured in place by means of stem1), made in connection with said head and secured with said tube in anyof the modes illustrated. This stem b may be made with a short lengthand setinto the contracted opening of the upper end of the tube a andfirmly secured by riveting or burring the lower end thereof against theinner side of the said contracted end portion of the tube, as shown inFigs. 3, 6, 7, and 8; or this stem 11 of head B can be made, in itslength and diameter, to correspond with that of the bore of tube a, inwhich case the stem will pass through the whole length of the latter andbe secured therein by riveting or burring its lower end against themetal at the lower end of thetube, as shown in Figs. 9 and 11.

C is the eyelet-holding piece, made with a form corresponding with thatof base a of the head-holder, and provided with a central perforation,c, of a diameter corresponding with the outer diameter of eyelet D. Thiseyeletholding piece operates as a means for holding the stud in secureconnection with eyelet D,

and is arranged on one side of base a and held in secure connection withthe same by the marginal flange 0, turned and clinched on the oppositeside of said base, as shownin Figs. 3, 9, and 10. This pieceO can bearranged on the upper side of base a, as shown in Figs. 3 and 9, and insuch a case the eyelet-receiving hole 0 will be made a little larger inits diameter than outside of tube a, so as to admit eyelet D passingdown on said tube and entering said perforation; or this piece 0 can bearranged on the lower side of base a, as shown in Fig. 11, withperforation c to receive eyelet D from below; or, again, this piece canbe made in the form of a plain disk, 0, Fig. 10, with perforation c forreceiving eyelet D, and be held in connection with base a bybinding-piece 0 having its marginal edge clinched on the plain'disk, asshown in the same figure.

D is an eyelet, having its tube made with an outer diametercorresponding with diameter of the eyelet-receiving hole 0 in piece 0,(or G,) with which it is to clinch and hold. This eyelet operates tohold the stud in connection with the fabric of the article applied to,as shown in Figs. 5 and 11, and is applied to the stud by passing thetube of the eyelet through a proper hole made in the fabric and enteringits end into the perforation c of piece 0, when, with a suitable tool ormachine, force will be applied to the head d and force the tube of theeyelet downward, when piece 0 is applied on the upper side of disk a, orupward, when said piece is applied to the lower side of said disk, whenthe end of the tube of said eyelet will be turned outward all aroundbetween base a and piece 0, as shown, and the head (I of the eyelet willbe brought down tightly on the fabric, when the latter will be securelyheld between the head of the eyelet and the piece 0. i

I am aware that it is old to use studs composed of a tubular shankhaving a central perforation through its flanged or head end, and asolid rivet having on' one end a head and at the opposite end ashouldered stem, which is secured to the perforated head end of thetubular shank by burring or clinching the end of the stem. Such studswere adapted to be used for holding lacings of shoes and boots. but arenot adapted to be used with the buttonhead of separable buttons, as ismy improved stud, which can be passed through the leather of the glovehead end first, and such studs are not therefore claimed by me.

I am also aware that it is old to use a cylindrical sleeve having ahorizontal base with a solid stud made with cylindrical form and fillingthe bore of said sleeve, and having at one end a button-holding head andat the opposite end a flanged head. Such sleeves are not used to form apart of the stud, but are used as a means'for forcing theholding-springs of the button open and off from engagement with the headof the stud. Such devices form no part of my invention, and cannot beused as is my improved stud.

By my above-described improvements the stud can be quickly and cheaplyproduced and have its parts strongly joined together, while the studitself can be readily applied and securely attached to the leather orfabric of the article it is to be used with.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. A stud for a separable button, which is formed by the combination,with the tubular head-holder A, composed of the plain-walled tube a andthe horizontal base a, of the button-holding head B, havingashouldercdstem, b, and mounted on the upper open and plain end of thesaid head-holder and permanently secured thereto, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

2. In a stud for buttons, the combination, with the horizontal base fromwhich projects astem which connects the head B with said base, of theeyelet-holding piece O,arrangcd on one side of said horizontal base andcomposed of a disk provided with a central opening and having clinchingportions 0', turned on and holding with said horizontal base of thestud, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. Thecombination, withabutton-stud haw ing horizontal base a, and theeyelet-holding piece 0, arranged at one side of said base and havingcentral perforations, c, and an annular flange clinched on the oppositeside of said base, of the eyelet D, secured with said eyelet-holdingpiece by its clinch on the marginal-edge portion neighboring the centralperforation, c, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The eo1nbination,with a button-stud having eyelet-holding piece 0, orits described equivalent C, arranged on one side of the horizontal baseof the stud and secured thereto and provided with a central perforation,c, of eyelet D, having its tubular portion d passed through saidperforation with its clinched end on the inner side of saideyelet-holding piece, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

EUGENE PRINGLE.

Witnesses:

MADIsoN D. SIIIPMAN, CHARLES SELKIRK.

